Truck.



PATENTED JULY 23, 1907.

J. I. DE VOY.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27.1906.

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JAMES F. DE VOY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TRUCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed June 27,1906- Serial No. 323,677-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs F. DE VoY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved truck especially adapted for use in hauling milk cans over the platforms of railway stations, and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The improved truck is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the improved truck. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the truck, several milk cans being indicated as loaded thereon, the said cans being shown by dotted lines, and Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the improved truck.

The improved truck is provided with a lower platform 1 and with an upper plat orm 2, the said two platforms being rigidly tied together by upright metallic corner posts 3 and intermediate side posts 4. These posts 3 and 4 extend a considerable distance above the upper platform 2. The said corner posts 3 are tied together by transverse metal bars 5 and 6 that extend across the ends of the truck respectively above the platforms 1 and 2, so that they serve as stops to prevent the milk cans z from sliding off the ends of the said platform. Inclined truss bars 7 rigidly connect the end portions of the upper platform 2 to the central or intermediate portion of the platform 1. These truss bars 7 arelocated in a vertical plane that extends longitudinally through the central portion of the truck, so that the said bars serve in a sense as a partition which divides the space between the two platforms into two compartments. Furthermore, the above noted arrangement of the truss bars 7 leaves the sides of the truck, between the two platforms open, so that the milk cans may be readily placed upon and removed from the platform 1.

As preferred and shown in Fig. 3, the transversely opposite corner posts 3 are afforded by the upturned prongs of a U-shaped metal strap, the transverse portion of which is riveted or bolted to the lower platform 1. The central or intermediate posts 4 are also preferably formed in the same way; and the transversely opposite posts 3 and the transversely opposite posts 4 are preferably tied together by metallic straps or bars 8, to which the upper platform 2 is directly bolted or riveted.

The truck body is supported by four caster wheels 9 of suitable construction, but, as shown and preferred, of the two-wheel caster type.

To the corner posts 3 and the intermediate posts 4 are attached chain sections 10, certain of which, at their ends, are provided with hooks 11 adapted to be hooked into the links of the cooperating chains, so as to connect the chains, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and thereby cause the chains to hold the cans z on their platforms 1 and 2, so that the cans cannot be accidentally jolted or moved off from the side of the said platforms. When the chain sections are unhooked the cans may, of course, be readily slid off from the sides of said platforms, or placed upon said platforms.

It is important to note that the two platforms 1 and 2, together with the posts 3 and 4 and truss bars 7, form a complete truss; and, furthermore, that said truss bars 7 act as tension members and are attached to that part of the lower platform 1, that is, central thereof both in respect to the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the truck body.

The truck above described is of comparatively small cost, and in practice has been found a very convenient, strong, and durable device.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a truck of the kind described, the combination with upper and lower platforms, of corner and intermediate posts connecting said two platforms at their sides, inclined truss bars located in a vertical plane that extends longitudinally through the center of the truck, and which truss rods are rigidly attached to the end portions of the upper platform and to the intermediate portions of said lower platform, and wheels supporting the truck body, substantially as described.

2. In a truck of the kind described, the combination with the lower platform 1 and upper platform 2, of U- shaped lnetal straps or bars rigidly secured to said lower platform, with their prongs turned upward to form the corner posts 3 and intermediate posts 4, which posts extend above said upper platform, the transverse metal tie bars 5 and G tying together the opposite corner posts, the inclined truss bars 7 located in a vertical plane that extends longitudinally through the center of the truck body, said truss bars being rigidly attached to the ends of said upper platform and to the intermediate portion of said lower platform, chain sections 10 attached to saidposts 3 and 4 and having means for detachably connecting the free ends of cooperating chains, and wheels supporting the truck, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. DE VOY.

Witnesses:

.T. F. DEVINE, R. H. MORRISON. 

